regions on three ovine chromosomes (oar1, oar5 and oar25) were selected to study quantitative trait loci (qtl) segregating for wool traits in baluchi sheep. a total of 503 progeny from 13 half-sib families were genotyped for 15 microsatellite markers. the average number of progeny per sire was 38 and ranged between 16 and 59. data were collected from research centre on baluchi breed in 2009 and...

Irregularities are inherent to virtually all fibers, including the conventional textile fibers, the high-performance brittle fibers and newly developed nano-fibers. These irregularities can fall into two main categories: dimensional or geometrical irregularity (external) and structural irregularity (internal). For natural fibers such as wool, diameter variation along fiber length is atypical ex...

the aim of this study was to determine the effect of age on fiber characteristics of one-humped female camels of semnan province. 50 grams of wool samples from the left midside area were randomly collected from 28 camels of three different age groups: young, adult and old and fibre characteristics were measured. statistical model used for this research was completely randomized design (crd). an...

In this paper, a new structure is provided for the dispersion compensating photonic crystal fibers in order to broaden the chromatic dispersion and increase the dispersion compensating capability in a wide wavelength range. In the structure, putting a combination of circular holes and a star structure in the inner core clad causes the dispersion coefficient profile to be broadened, and addition...

original article   electrospun nanofibrous filter media have attracted considerable attention in the last decade. the present study aimed to develop the electrospun pan (polyacrylonitrile) filter media through experimental investigations for application in high-performance air filters. for this purpose, an experimental design was proposed to assess the effect of electrospinning process conditio...

Forty female Angora goats were selected at random from the experimental nucleus of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (Pilcaniyeu, Argentina), with the aim of analyzing the variability of main fleece characteristics of the Angora goats and establishing an optimum sampling site. Samples were taken at the first and second shearings (12 and 18 months of age) from the following parts...